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Estimated 77,500 people lose health care in the 2018-2019 state budget Posted on October 31, 2017 by universalhealthct By Rosana G. Ferraro Governor Malloy has signed the budgetand health care for low-income people took a huge hit. Who loses? How many people are affected?…

Cutting corporate taxes will not boost American wages EPI Report • By Josh Bivens • October 25, 2017 The Trump administration is marketing its plan to give huge tax cuts to the richest U.S. households with a bold but fanciful claim: that these…

Bipartisan budget cuts public colleges, spares financial aid BY JACQUELINE RABE THOMAS | CT MIRROR 10/20/2017 The tentative state budget agreement between Republican and Democratic leaders would cut the state’s share of funding for public colleges and universities by $79…

Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies, Lies October 14, 2017 — Paul Krugman – New York Times Modern conservatives have been lying about taxes pretty much from the beginning of their movement. Made-up sob stories about family…

A massive new study reviews the evidence on whether campaigning works. The answer’s bleak. In general elections, campaigns’ attempts to win swing voters appear to not work at all. Updated by Dylan Matthews@dylanmattdylan@vox.com Sep 28, 2017 Persuading voters to change their minds…